Where does “mismuk” come from?

mismuk (Sursurunga) comes from Tok Pisin simuk, from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.

mismuk (Sursurunga): smoke (cigarettes)

Definitions

  1. smoke (cigarettes)

Ancestry of “mismuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsimuk
2EnglishsmokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
3Middle Englishsmokesmoke
4Old Englishsmocasmoke
5Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
6Danishsmug-secretly
Every word from Danish smug-
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